Toy Story 4

[James.B]

New international trailer

 

[sueb1863]

I'm still not seeing anything that justified a fourth movie. The other three movies all dealt with various aspects of the toys' relationship with Andy through stages of his life. This one doesn't seem at all connected to the other three apart from using the same characters.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

I checked out when Bo Peep came in to save the day.

I'm tired of this forced agenda of feminism. We get it.

So... What's the end point of the agenda as you see it? I mean you have a reaction like this to an animated film with living toys. So... What's the sinister reason behind the agenda? What's the ultimate aim that makes something like this so objectionable? Can you even put it into words?

 

[Schlosser85]

I checked out when Bo Peep came in to save the day.

I'm tired of this forced agenda of feminism. We get it.

I hope this is a joke.

 

[DyeLorean]

Every piece of marketing that comes from this movie diminishes my excitement. I remember the whole marketing from Toy Story 3 and I couldn't wait to see that movie. It was, at the time, my most anticipated film ever.
This looks fine but there's nothing "new" to peak my interest. The road trip aspect is very interesting to me because I love road movies but it looks like the entire thing is set on that carnival and the antique store. So not even that. I hope there are more surprises though. Gonna go see it anyway.

 

[Hunter Rider]

The trailer was ok but Toy Story 3 was so exceptional that this just feels like a case of after the Lord Mayor's Show to me.

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

The trailer was ok but Toy Story 3 was so exceptional that this just feels like a case of after the Lord Mayor's Show to me.

Agreed.

 

[DarkKnight88]

Yeah, it is as it is at this point. Obviously you can’t replicate the buildup of 11 years since Toy Story 2 of an adult Andy giving away his childhood toys. Bonnie doesn’t hold that level of nostalgia with them or the audience. All I hope for is a film at least on par with 2, which to me, is the lesser of the trilogy but I still enjoy tremendously as just a fun adventure.

 

[sueb1863]

This really should have been a couple of short movies.

 

[Web-Head]

Here’s how 'Toy Story 4' will honor the late Don Rickles as Mr. Potato Head

 

[DaddlerTheDalek]

Fitting send-off for Don Rickles.

 

[Drizzle]

I'm glad that they did that but all that talk about them saying "he's irreplaceable" makes me say "What about Jim Varney?" I'm not disputing that Rickles is irreplaceable but they seemed to have no problem replacing Varney as Slinky in Toy Story 3 after his death.

 

[sueb1863]

Slinky was never a very active character, though. He had a few lines here and there but for the most part he never had a lot of lines. It wasn't like the Varney replacement was going to be doing so much talking that people would notice the difference.

On the other hand, they used Potato Head a LOT, because Rickles was so perfect for the part and PH was a good source of levity for the franchise's heavier moments. He also made a believable foil for Woody when he needed one.

 

[Lencho01]

CinemaCon 2019: We Saw The First 17 Minutes Of TOY STORY 4

 

[TheDreamMaster]

That’d be a good article if they didn’t get Bonnie’s name completely wrong.

 

[sueb1863]

Where in the heck did they get "Cindy"? That's not even remotely close.

 

[terry78]

I didn't know christina Hendricks was voicing Gabby.

 

[samsnee]

https://io9.gizmodo.com/toy-story-4-begins-by-tying-up-loose-ends-and-raising-t-1833793919

A little spoiler-y....

Spoiler

Toy Story 4 begins in the past. Nine years in the past, to be exact. It’s a rainy night and RC has somehow found himself outside in the rain. The toys are worried that he’ll be lost forever so Woody goes into Andy’s sister’s room to ask for Bo Peep’s help. Together they put Woody on Slinky Dog, he drops down to the ground, and stretches out—with some help from Bo and a few monkeys—to save RC. On the way up, though, the window to the room closes, trapping Woody outside.

It seems that the sister has allowed Bo to be sold and the person there to purchase her has arrived. However, by the time the toys open the window, Woody is gone. He’s under the buyer’s car and grabs Bo when the box she’s in gets put down. Woody tells her he can sneak her out but Bo says no. It’s time to move on. She then offers Woody the opportunity to come too. He thinks about it and, just as he’s about to get in the box and leave, Andy runs out into the rain screaming that he lost Woody. So Woody steps back and watches in shock as Bo gets put into the car and drives away forever.

Andy finds him outside, brings him in, the camera pans up to the clouds. Cue “You’ve Got a Friend In Me” as the opening credits begin.

The song plays over a montage of Andy playing with his toys. First very young, then older, and finally, to when he gave them to Bonnie at the end of Toy Story 3. And that’s when we get the title card: Toy Story 4.

Back in the current timeline, there’s a time-lapse shot of Bonnie playing with all her toys, except for Woody. Woody is just sitting there watching, and the camera pushes in on his foot that now says “Bonnie.”

Fade to black and come back up on a closet. All the toys are in the closet and we learn that Bonnie’s mom quickly cleaned her room and shoved everyone into the closet. But this makes the toys nervous because they know at any time they could just be left and forgotten in the closet. Finally, Bonnie finishes breakfast and runs into her room. She throws open the closet and starts yanking out toys. Buzz, Ham, most of them really, and then Woody...but only so she can take the Sheriff badge off of him to put on Jessie. Woody has been left in the closet.

As Bonnie is playing with her toys, Woody and a few others watch from inside the closet. Then, Bonnie starts to cry. It turns out today is Kindergarten orientation day but she doesn’t want to go. Bonnie asks if she can bring a toy but her mom says no. Woody is worried about her though so he comes out of the closet and explains that he thinks a toy should go with her to keep an eye out. Everyone disagrees but, then, when they aren’t looking, Woody just sneaks into her backpack.

At school, Bonnie is scared, shy and Woody feels terrible as he peeks out from her backpack. The class is supposed to do crafts time but a boy comes to Bonnie’s table and, despite Bonnie trying to make friends, he ignores her and just takes her materials, throwing half of them in the garbage. Woody proceeds to sneak out of the backpack, hide behind a lunch box, run over the garbage, grab a bunch of stuff and put it on Bonnie’s table. She’s curious how all this stuff got there but she doesn’t worry about it and immediately begins making something—a something she nicknames Forky. The teacher, her parents, everyone is excited about Forky, and Bonnie asks if she can bring him on their upcoming road trip. They say yes.

Back at home, the toys are furious with Woody that he’d endanger Bonnie and himself by leaving the house like that. But he explains that’s not what’s important. What’s important is that Bonnie made a friend. Literally. And out comes Forky, who keeps saying the word “Trash.” Woody explains he’s a “toy” not “trash” but, when Woody turns away, Forky jumps in the trash. Footage over.

 

[sueb1863]

Spoiler

I'm puzzled by what Woody was going to do when the guy who bought Bo realized she was missing and came back for her.

Also, apparently Woody was all set to bail out on Andy and go with Bo? That sort of undercuts the theme of his being completely devoted to Andy and his welfare that ran through the other three movies. He's not that devoted if he's willing to just go off with Bo forever and never see the other toys or Andy again.

 

[terry78]

He's a very complex character. He was willing to do the same in part 2.

 

[sueb1863]

Spoiler

Maybe but I'd sure like to know the explanation for how he can spend three movies with the attitude of "We have to stick with Andy and do everything we can for him no matter what!" and then suddenly do a 180 and say "Oh, you're going off with a brand new owner and we'll never see Andy again? OK, sounds good, I'm in."

I mean, he spent the entire time in TS3 trying to get everybody to go back to Andy because he thought Andy needed them all to be there for him, yet in the segment that takes place right before TS3 he's willing to simply chuck it all and ditch Andy on a whim with only a moment's thought. If he's that casual about leaving Andy at that point, why does he fight the idea tooth and nail in TS3 which takes place afterwards?

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

 

[Lencho01]

 

[terry78]

kudos for that cat. Jesus that looks real.

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

Does this movie have any buzz?